Indian and Native Peoples Law

U.S. Constitution

• Article I - Legislative Department Article I of the U.S. Constitution; links to each section (1-10).
• Fourteenth Amendment - Rights Guaranteed Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; full text; ratified 1868; cross reference link to the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

U.S Code

• 18 U.S.C., Chapter 53 - Crimes - Indians
• 25 U.S.C.- Indians
• 28 U.S.C. § 1362 - Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Civil Actions Brought by Indian Tribes
• 42 U.S.C., Chapter 22 - Indian Hospitals and Health Facilities
• Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act - 43 U.S.C. 33
• American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments of 1994
• Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) Provides access to the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (1990).

Cases

• Cases and Materials on Problems in Lands Allotted to American Indians By Joseph F. Rarick, J.S.D., David Ross Boyd, Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Oklahoma.
• Harrison v. Boyd Gaming From the Supreme Court of Missouri, 1997. At issue, jurisdiction of non-Indians in Indian country.
• Post-Smith Case on Peote: United States v. Boyll, 774 F.Supp. 133 (U.S.D.C. N.M. 1991). From the 'Lectric Law Library.
• Summaries of Recent Supreme Court Indian Cases From the University of Oklahoma.
• Trapp, et al. v. DuBois, et al. Discusses Massachusetts Superior Court case brought on behalf of prison inmates.
• United States Court of Federal Claims Jurisdiction includes government contracts, income tax refunds, Vaccine Act cases, Native American claims, and inverse condemnation.

Treaties

• Black Hills Treaty of 1868 Text and background of the Black Hills Treaty.
• Chippewa Treaty with the Wyandot, Etc., 1785
• Minnesota Indian Treaties From Paula Giese. Treaties with the Chippewa, Sioux and Ho-Chunk.
• Treaties Project From the Oneida Indian Nation.
  • Agreement with the Five Nations of Indians, 1792
  • Introduction
  • The Fort Stanwix Treaty, 1784
  • Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, 1838
  • Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794
  • Treaty with the Indians Living in the Country of the Oneidas, 1794
  • Treaty With The Six Nations, 1789
• Treaty of Greenville, 1795 From the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School. Peace treaty between the USA and various Indian tribes.
  • CodeTalk Combined Government Agency Information Source, developed and administered by the Office of Information Policies and Systems and the Office of Native American Programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Constitution and By-laws of the Miccosukee Tribe.
  • Constitution and By-laws of the Seminole Tribe.
  • Constitution of the Iroquois Nations

  Indian Affairs

  • Laws and Treaties From Oklahoma State University Library Digitization Center.
  • Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

  Indian Nation Constitutions

  • Constitution and By-laws of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Full text.
  • Constitution of the Sac and Fox Nation Table of contents and links to articles and documents of the constitutional.
  • Native American Constitutions From the University of Oklahoma Law Center.
    • Constitution and Bylaws of the Ely Shoshone Tribe of Ely, Nevada
    • Constitution of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
    • Constitution of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
    • Constitution of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation
    • Constitution of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
    • Constitution of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
    • Constitution of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
    • Constitution of the Native Tribe of Huslia, Alaska
    • Constitution of the Native Tribe of Koyukuk, Alaska
    • Constitution of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
    • Constitution of the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona
    • Constitution, By-Laws, and Corporate Charter of the Native Village of Fort Yukon, Alaska
    • Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
  • Native American Documents Project Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Indian Commissioners, data, maps, and tables.

  Treaties

  • Oneida Indian Nation Treaties Project From the Oneida Indian Nation.
  • Treaty Information - Indian and Canada

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